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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-08
IN THE.
fIourishing Town of FEDERAL
POINT, FLA.

Which has the best soil and the best
transportation facilities of any part of
East Florida, / have the following de-
scrbed properly for sale. to which / in
vite individual inspe ction before pur-
chasing:
One improved place of g. acres, set
with $40 orange trees, in bearing. com
prising $50 Mandarins, besides Japan
Persimmons, Peach and Plum Trees,
"a finely finished Cottage of Rooms,
with Driven Well and Rain-water Cis-
tern. Income this year $3.50. Price
%. 500.
Also. one place of 20 acres, with nice
Cot tage and Young Orange Grove of 800
trees just coming into bearing. Price
% 600. Has driven " ell Of unfailing wa
ter.
ALSO, two smaller Orange Groves, of
about 500 young trees zach.
Besides. one lot at Bridgeport. Fla. of
50 acres, g of which have been cleared,
wi tn fine river front.
Also, unImproved land within the cor
porate limits of Federal Point, Fla, and
other lands in st. Johns County, which
is unsurpassed IN fertility of soil.
Call and see or address
j. +. TENNEY,
fel ly. Federal Point, Fla.
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The Latest Designs in Presses. Types,
ana all the materials used in First
Glass Printing House, at the News Steam
Printing Works. de3O-tf
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Read This

When you get to Jacksonville, il you
want reliable information in regard to
Railroad and Steamship Line, or of any
of the Many Routes to your Hoo e, call
at the bureau of General Inform alton
- West Bay street. south side, where
you will be cheerfully received.
f. w. EBBETs, Agent.
Postoftice Box &c. febl I'm
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For SALE.-A valuable Grove, on
River, opposite Palatka, now full of
Fruit; also City Lots in Palatka and In
terlachen. GRIFFIN x PARKER.
Jan. -, 1897. ja22-tf
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NOTICE. wish to inform my friends
that | now can be found at the cosy and
elegant Saloon known as the Idaho"
ia5-tf Tom RAY.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-08

The LACK Hole of Calcutta ia not as
dark as the hole that dealers will be in
W no do not sell the Grand Republic 3
cent cigar. Sold b, NJ. Loeb, Palace
Bar.
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All kinds of Mercantile Printing done
in the neatest manner, at the News
Steam Printing Works. deSO-tf
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Letter-Heads neatly and promptly ex-
ecuted at the News Steam Printing
Works. de3O-tf
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WHO WILL RESIGN.

Finleys Reporter
The -iIdchHd -4drOcdte, the Waldo
Advertiser. the Ocala Banner, the Brad
ford County Times, the Bronson Times.
and the Reporter, are among the weak
payers that stand incorruptible. and fear
less.
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDES ON TOP.
Wellsboro AgitarOr.
1t IL somewhat remarkable that all of
the officers of the Pennsylvania Editor
ial Association are red-headed and pre-
sumably hopeful.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-08

Blizzard Drinks are all the 90 at The
Idaho. 1t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-08

Manhattan Cocktails and Gin FIXES
are all the go at The Idaho. 1t
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-08

For RENT IN SEvILLE-Handsome
Brick Store, 26x60 feet. Apply to q. p.
IIealey, Seville Real Estate Exchange.
ial4 If
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Pamphlets, Posters, Dodgers, Pro-
grammes, ETC., printed at the News
Steam Printing Works. de3O-tf
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Get your Cards, Bill Heads, Envel-
opes, etc., printed at the News Steam
Printing Works de3O-tf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-08

Great Bargains in Fanc- Mattings, at
Farrar x Co. :; see lad" If
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Blue Blazers are all the go at The
Idaho. 1t
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For Sale.

Desirable 2-Story Wooden Residence
and Water throughout; Bathroom and
Water-clOset; Servants Apartments and
Wood House in yari; bearing Orange
Trees on lot. TERMS-C Cash, or one
third cash, balance secured by mortgage
pay able in one and two years interest
annually. Property insured and policy
assigned. For price and otner particu-
lars, address
q. LoPER BAILEY,
ia30 I'm l., st office Box $40, Palatka.
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yOungSter OF the female sex had just
commenced her school life. She found her
self one day in a little group of other school
children who were further advanced than
she was They telling each other what
books they were in IN school and making
much they could out of the subject.
She could not stand il. Even TO her infan-
tile mind the meaner position she held III
that company was clear But She did not
mean 10 be quite out of the discussion So
she took advantage of a pause iii the talk
and burst in with her list
I'm in primer and slate and pen
ell ami "a sponge San Francisco Chron-
icle.
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Hot Apple Toddies are all the go at The
Idaho. 1t
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-04-07
STATUES IN PARMA
Weak Fountains Sheltering Their made
quacy Under Some Modern Effgy.

Weak Fountains Sheltering Their made
quacy Under Some Modern Efigy.
In the square close by us is statue
to Parmeggianino of recent workman
ship and a drinking fountain. There
are but two or three shoots of water in
Parma, but even that is more than one
can find in most of these plain towns,
and, especially to the traveller who has
just left Switzerland, the loss of run
ming water is great. No Swiss village
s so mean, no town so crowded, but
from an unpretending iron pipe there
gushes forth, pellucid, glittering and
opulent, a stream of the purest and
freshest water, which leaps in joyous
and elastic curve into basin with a
gay flash by night and by day, and
pours off with ungrudging profusion.
But in these Lombard towns scarcely
here and there can be found a lumber
ing pump, with long and massive ham
die, ut which few minutes severe toll
produces mighty poor and niggard
dribble Of water. Where fountains are
they prattle with fatigued and parsi-
monious note and shelter their made
auacy under some statue in the modern
| taste. As rule the modern taste in
Italy is not one whit better than in
England. They delight to honor the
martyrs and the heroes in United Italy
No town but has its Corso Vittoric
Emmanuele, and its Via Cavour, witt
for the most part statues Of the same
Here and there is Via Massim,
d 'Azeglio with no statue. These work
of art are not better than our effigies o
Mr.. Golden or Sir Robert Peel, and tn
crowning horror Of all is a statue 0
Victor Emmanuel here in the Piazza d
Corte. 1t would bring a blush to tn
rheek of a Yankee stonemasoR-- Gen
tle,aan's Magazine;
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eouLANGER's YOUTH.

The Early Life of the Much-Talked-Of
French Minister of War.
General Boulanger's mother was an
English woman, who, when she married
M. Boulanger (the Generals father),
was beautiful girl scarcely out of her
teens. At that period M. Boulanger
was an avoue, that is to say solicitor,
at Rennes. But shortly after his mar
riage he decided to sell his practice and
migrated to Nantes, where he became
an inspector in the service of the Com
pagnie d'Assurances La Bretagne. 1t
was at Nantes the present War Minis
ter of France was born, and those who
remember the mother speak of the
striking resemblance which her distin-
guished son bears to her as she then
was. Without being actually poor the
Boulangers were certainly far from
rich. There was in the family, to use
an expressive French phrase, 'more
bread than butter" and so, when young
Boulanger was sent to Saint Cyr, his
parents could only give him very
little pocket-money. Even when he
left Saint Cyr earlier than usual
thanks to the need of officers
to fill up gaps caused by the Crimean
war, he had no margin for extrava-
gance, and he has since laughingly
admitted that many a time when in
vited out to dine or dance he was
obliged to make his dejeuner off '.un
chausson de pommes'' in order to pay
for the kid gloves fresh-butter color)
| which he wore at the evening festivities.
He made his military debut in the Ital-
ian campaign of 1859, and was both
| wounded and decorated. So severely
was he wounded. in fact, that he was
made professor at Saint Cyr, and,
though severe as master, the Sunday
evening receptions he and his wife gave
at their little house near the railway
station are still pleasantly remembered
by many of the cadets of those days
His young wife, who had, of course
gained her knowledge from his Englist
mother, was quite an adept in brewing
tea and 'grogs" a pAnglaise, while hel
two little daughters. Yvonne and Mimi
were favorites among the guests. Il
1870 General Boulanger, who had re
joined the active army, was in garrison
at Nantes, but was fortunate enough tt
reach Paris with his regiment just be
fore its gates were finally closed. Aftel
the war he went to Tunis, and hi
recent career is too well known to nee,
repetition. He is firm friend of En-
gland. The day may come when hi
fathers English marriage may ap
preciably affect the course of curren
events. s.-London FIGARO g
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Microcosm of a Lunatic.

Some lunatics seem to live in aworld
of their own. An old lady once aston-
ished and amused US by exclaiming,
without any warning or provocation.
Two cats and the bird of paradise are
waiting to convey you to your heavenly
home, and you are to sit for nino days
between the cats and the bird of para
disc. Then she stopped and forgot
that she had said any thing. 1t was
like an alarm clock suddenly going off,
startling every one going on, and ceas-
ing just as quietly and surprisingly. A
patient lived IN the bathroom and
made friends with the rats, for whom
shs had a great affection. They would
actually do what they were told. Some
one else thought she was the wife o.
President Buchanan, and had the hal.
lucination that her husband frequently
ran a locomotive through Washington
avenue, Philadelphia, with big bonnet
in front of it, to remind her of the an
moving fact that in her young days she
had been milliner.-NorM Aaaericar
Reu,ew
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THE INDIAN WAY.
Cartier's Quaint Description of the Tobac
co-Smolxing Red Man.

cO-SmOk1ng ked Man.
OF all the customs of the Indians
which jacques Cartier observed, that
which struck him as the most novel and
singular was the use of tobacco. In
the narrative of his second voyage to
Canada, in 1885, occurs the following
quaint description: 1.-The Indians have
an herb of which, during the summer,
they gather great quantity for the
winter. and which they prize very
highly, and use (the men only) in the
following manner: They dry it in the
sun and suspend it from their necks,
tied up in little skin instead of a bag,
together with horn [cornet] of stone
or wood. Then, at all hours, they
make powder of the said herb and
put it in one end of the horn, and then
place live coal upon it; and through
the other end they blow so hard that
their body is filled with smoke. so
much that it comes out of their mouth
and nostrils as out of a chimney. They
say that this keeps them healthy and
warm, and they never go about without
these things. We have tried the said
smoke, and having had it in our mouth
it seemed to contain pepper, SO great
| was the heat At that time the use OF
| tobacco was unknown in France, and,
although the plant had been brought to
Spain and Portugal by the early ex-
plorers of America. it was only quar-.
| ter of century after Jacques Cartier
second voyage that the French Embas.
1 sador, Jean Nicot, sent the seed from
Lisbon and France.-Chicago Iate1
/ Onopo1
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THE FRANCS TlREuRs.


Bands of Guerillas Who FlOurisbed During
the Franco-German War.
Between Laon and Rheims. passed
through Chalons and Epernay, at which
places l saw, for the first time, the
Francs Tireurs, or free-shooters, a corps
to which must devote a few lines by
way of description. The corps was. in
the most comprehensive possible mean
ing of the word, irregular. The men
who composed it were not only irregular
in every thing they did, but appeared to
glory in their irregularity. They seemed
to have very few officers, and the few
they had were seldom, if ever, to be seen
on duty with the men. The latter had
evidently souls above obedience, for they
did very much what they liked, and in
the manner they liked. They evidently
hated the regular army, and the latter
returned the compliment with interest.
When at Epernay / witnessed skirmish
between battalion of regular infantry
and small party of German Uhlans,
who were evidently feeling their way.
and trying to find out what was the
strength of the French troops there.
The officer commanding the French out
post behaved with great judgment, try
| ing by retiring his men to draw on the
Uhlans. and find out their numbers. He
had almost succeeded in enticing the
enemy to advance, and had managed to
hide the strength of his detachment,
| when all at once a body OF Francs
Tireurs came up, and without waiting, or
even asking for orders, they began at
once to blaze away at the Germans.
causing the latter to retreat. The Of
tcer commanding was very angry, and
| sent orders to the irregulars that they
were to cease firing forthwith; but they
took no notice Of what was said, many
Of them declaring in loud voice that
the regulars were playing the game Of
the enemy, and did not want any OF the
latter to be defeated or killed. When
an attempt was made to find out who
was in command of the Francs Tireur'
no such person could be found, and OF
an order being given that the command
ing officer would cause an official In
! quiry to be made into the conduct OF th'
irregulars the whole corps, not less thai
, FIVE hundred strong, vanished and dis
| persed, SO that they could no more b
found. The Year Round
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wITTYLABoucHERE.
Two Anecdotes Regarding the Diplomatic
Career of the Famous Editor.

Henry Labouchere, NJ P, editor Of
London Truth, was, for many years
after the war. secretary Of the English
legation in Washington. He is remem-
bered here as a very wild young man.
He knew everybody and figured in So
ciety of all grades.
a. His abounding humor frequently de-
veloped into practical jokes.
One day rather green member Of
Congress called at the legation and
asked if he could see the Minister.
"You can see me, I am his secretary
said Labouchere.
"But I want to see the Minister"
said the Congressman.
''The Minister is not in. =" lt4
'.All right, I'll wait for him."
s@ ''Certainly, sir; have a seat"
The Congressman took a chair and a
newspaper, lighted a cigar and settled
down for comfortable time of it. He
turned to Labouchere, who sat reading
a novel and asked: @s
'Do you know when he will be back?"
81 do not" was the curt reply. The
Congressman lighted another cigar and
strolled about the office until another
hour was gone. @
'.Do you think he will be back this
evening""
Hardly"
'sTo-morrow?' aEs4
81 guess not.'
"Well, when will he probably be
| here?''
Really. sir, can not tell you. The
Minister sailed for England yesterday
and did not indicate when he intended
to return,'' replied Labouchere, with
out lifting his eyes frem his book.
Labouchere was promoted from the
secretaryship of the legation in Wash
ington to similar position with the
English legation at Vienna. There ht
| was known as the liveliest Briton at the
court, and many are the tales that arr
told of his reckless escapades. Once
on his way to London on leave o
absence, he stopped at Monaco and los
his last penny at roulette. He did no
blow his brains out, as the victims o
| that famous establishment so oftel
| do, but retired to his elegant room
and entertained like lord until h
| could get remittance from some
friends in England. AS soon as i
came he threw it down on the gaming
table, doubled five or six times, paid hi
bills and set out for home. -Toled
i Blade. sa.L -.L-. ~
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-"Do bad acts condemn manp"
asks writer. Well, no, not exactly;
but they are apt to bring him where he
is condemned.
1t is said that ga mule can not bray
IL brick is tied to his tail" Yes, but
what becomes of the man who engineers
the brick?-BurIinqton Free Press.
II always did take good picture"
remarked the burglar, as he laid hold of
valuable painting in the house which
he was visiting professionally.-Bostop
Transcript.
While man lives in this world he
seldom gets credit for all he does and
says. When he dies he gets credit for
three times as much as he ever did or
Baltimore american.
Young Lady-"You say you will
grant me any favor / ask?" Aged
Masher-"Yes, dearest angel. TIL do
any thing in the world you ask of me-
..Then propose to my grandmother.
She is widow. "-1eras Sittings.
-Wife-"Henry, didn't hear you
bet your boots on the election with
Squeers?" Husband-"Y-y-yes, my
dear. Ibelieve you did," Wife-"Well,
I'd like to know what TIM going to do
for seat to Willie's pants. Judge.
mo woman can make fool of me"
remarked young man who had sig
nally failed in doing that same for a
smart Dupont Circle giil. "Well, hard
ly," she replied, "seeing that nature
has anticipated such action on the part
of any of our sex" Chicago Journal.
"A little Buffalo girl was not feeling
well and her parents suggested that she
might be about to have chicken-pox.
then prevalent. She went to bed laugh
ing at the idea, but early next morning
went into her parents room, looking
very serious. and said: ''Yes, it is
chicken-pox, papa; ] found fedder in
the bed.''
-Keepsakes.-
Each lover has keepsake
For the memory of his love
One has a note or a ribbon,
| And one q curl or glove.
But am rich in keepsakes;
/ Three notes treasure apart;
There are two accepting my presents
| And one declining my heart
| .-Macnitldn's Magazine,
On every road since railway trains
to turn their wheels began, at every
station you will see q solitary man.
His brow is damp with beaded sweat.
his heart with woe is cleft. Most earn
estly he wants to go, the man that's
always left. If the train due at one p.
m. should wait till half-past eight,
there'd be one man come down to GO
just thirty seconds late J. Burdette.
-Wife-'John, what do you think OF
the new cook?" Husband-.E Excellent,
my dear, excellent. Inever enjoyed a
better meal than my dinner to-day.
Where did you ever manage to find such
remarkably good-looking young
woman, anyway" In just five minutes
by the watch the cook was informed
that she might find another place.
Washington Critic.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

line orange Uraue OF SOUTHERN Cali-
forma this year will be larger than ever
before.
All modern high explosives are now
almost universally exploded by the
agency of electricity.
To make paper mache for fine.
small work. boil clippings of brown or
white paper in water, beat them into a
paste, add glue or gum, and size and
press in oiled molds.
The amount of capital and capital
stock put into new industrial enterprises
in the South during 1886 is reported by
the Chicago Journal at $129, 100000 as
against $66, 900, 900 in 1885.
OF three million cases of canned
tomatoes, the reported product of the
tomato canning business in the United
States last year, more than seven hum
dred thousand cases were put up in
New Jersey.
The number of applications for
| patents in England during the past
year was 1852, which puts 1886 at the
head of the list by slight majority.
In 1884, the next largest year, there
| were II, 110 applications.
| An electric railway has been put III
operation in Los Angeles, Cal. 1t is
said to be the first place west of the
Rocky Mountains to use electricity as
motor for street car uses. The road
is about three miles long.
The american Manufacturer says
that one of the most adhesive and dura-
BILE of cements for uniting iron sur
| faces is found to be the oxide of iron
ITSELF With this a joint can be made
so perfect and sound that the iron will
break before the cement will part.
in certain Austrian coal mines
work is suspended in dangerous places
during fall of the barometer, expert
ments still in progress having shown
that the quantity and intensity of ex-
plosive gases greatly increases as the
degree Of atmospheric pressure dimin-
ishes.
| -Gravitation upon the sun is about
twenty-seven times as great as on the
earth. If the force of gravity here
were increased to that of the sun, we
should be unable to move; a 150-pound
man would then weigh about two tons.
4 For some time past experiments
have been made in Germany with a
J composition of cork, sand and lime
nodded into bricks for the construction
of light partition walls. This. it is said,
excludes sound better than brickwork,
and is also light and a good non-con-
ductor of heat.
Wheat culture in India has grown
to such large proportions and yielded
such liberal profits that Indian farmers
are now giving more attention to the
purchase of farming implements ant
; machinery, and large demand i:
: looked for.
"A new form of railway seat spring
has been devised in England, and il
highly spoken of. The entire seat il
carried on coiled spring of peculiar
form, and is free to move in all direc
tions, so that every jerk and oscillation
which the car can receive is perfectl.
taken up.
Gold leaf is cut by placing it on {
fat clean leather pad, pressing it yer.
; gently and saving with perfect.
straight-edged clean knife or split cane
The best Dutch metal may replace tn
goldleafif perfectly smooth. The Dutcl
: metal may be cut between paper b.
: close-shearing scissors with such Ions
blades that each cut is made with on
- motion.
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"A great many people make the mis-
take in regarding '.the home" as the
house they live in. Now house may
be ever so costly and luxurious, and
contain very few Of the qualities
which endear the place to the occu-
pants. To be home in its truest
sense, love and peace and the thousand
little nameless attendants supon love
must abide there. 1T is thus that often
the poor cottage is more of "a homen
than palace. - Chicago Inter. Ocean.
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blades are found; they are snapped up
by museums and by collectors. the PEE
r'tto fetching up to two hundred and
fifty dollars. My bachelor friead is en-
chanted with his blade. He has sus-
pended it from the ceiling, and l care-
fully avoid that portion of the room over
which, like the sword of Damocles, it so
threateningly hangs.-Nuge,lt Robin
SON. in YOutb'S Conapanlon.